Eco-friendly iron-catalyzed oxidation of unstrained tertiary aromatic alcohols to ketones

A general, facile and eco-friendly iron catalysis enables oxidation of unstrained tertiary aromatic alcohols to ketones through C−C bond cleavage even with H2O2 as the oxidant. Notably, this transformation can tolerate oxidation-labile functional groups. The robustness of this method is further demonstrated on the late-stage oxidation of complex bioactive molecules.